Re: List your top cheap frags

I am tempted to pray tribute to fragrance snobs and say something like Amouage's Gold, Clive Chrstian Whatever, Any Serge Lutens, Frederique Malle Y, Xerjoff Bla and Mazzolari X, but not... I might be missunderstood. Of course I could mention designer's scents that are inexpensive in the USA but down here do cost and arm and a leg.

So my cheap ones are really cheap in the Northern Hemisphere as well as down here: among those to be found in the USA, Brut, Pinaud's, Stetson, British Sterling, Avon's Suede and Wild Country. Among local ones, to the bewilderment of connationals, Tsu's Sauge, Lorenz and Caza Mayor, Canon's Crandal, Alliance and Colbert, Mc Taylor classic, Heno de Pravia, Agua de Colonia Alvaro Gómez, Lavanda Puig, Agua Brava, Quorum and Tabac EdT and EdC, Senigalias's version of Power by Kenzo and The One Gentleman, Dana's Canoe, Ona Saez Fiel and Sarkany's Amber Also some discontinued local ones like Cuero de Rosetto, Tabac by Devon and Agua de Lavanda Oro.

Yes, I really like to be complemented by snobs on cheap, inexpensive fragrances. That makes my day.

Re: List your top cheap frags

Originally Posted by Pollux

Yes, I really like to be complemented by snobs on cheap, inexpensive fragrances. That makes my day.

I KNOW!!! Isn't that fun!? When I first started wearing Aventus, I was asking for lots of opinions on it since I only had a sample and was debating a full purchase (which I eventually did buy). One person in particular that I asked was an acquaintance who has excellent taste and is a really nice person but also happens to be a total snob (ah well. Nobody's perfect). She liked it and was curious, so she googled it. Realizing it was very expensive, she suddenly loved it. Yeah, whatever. The next time I saw her, a few weeks later, she sniffed me and made a comment about how amazing I smelled. She even pulled over a friend of hers to smell me. AWKWARD! "Smell him. REALLY. This is what a man should smell like." Her friend agreed. "That's really nice. I wish my boyfriend wore something like that. What is it?"

I said "Curve. It's $15 at Ross." LOL!

I'm not saying Curve smells like Aventus. It doesn't. I just think that woman assumed I'd be wearing Aventus again because it's expensive. I do wear it once a week, but as anybody here knows, once you start building a collection, it's hard to wear the same scent often since you have so much to choose from.

It's true that a lot of cheap frags smell like trash. That is absolutely 100% true. But there are also a lot that are as good as anything you'd find for a hundred bucks or more.

Bvlgari Black can be had for under $25. And it's excellent.
Curve is around $15 and it's a major compliment catcher.
Dirty English: $20. Woody! Manly. Great!
Perry Ellis 360 Red. $15. It's not for me, but if you like cinnamon, it's excellent.
Nautica Voyage. $20. Excellent.
Corduroy, by Zirh. A recent cheap addition to my wardrobe thanks to the recommendation of a fellow BNer. I really enjoy it.

You can buy all of those for less than it would cost to buy my current niche fascination: Sombre Negra by Yosh. And they're all a lot easier to wear.

Re: List your top cheap frags

I usually consider cheap to be in the $40 and under range, maybe because of how expensive certain niche bottles are or have become in recent years. Its all relative of course as what I find cheap and good smelling may be slightly expensive and smells gross to someone else. Anyways, here's some suggestions :